2001 Mets Bobby Abreu hits a HR off of John Franco – Franco’s first HR to a lefthander since 1993
2001 Greg Maddux wins his 9th straight – his 51st inning without giving up a walk – John Smoltz pitches as a reliever for the 1st time and gets a save
2000 Indians Omar Vizquel commits an error – 1st in 95 games (AL record)
1998 NYY run their record to 71-25
1997 Greg Maddux gets a complete game win – threw 78 pitches
1993 Royals Greg Gagne hits the 10,000th HR at Tiger Stadium – in the same game Travis Fryman gets a walk and scores on 3 wild pitches
1990 Greg LeMond of the U.S. wins the Tour de France
1989 Bench and Yaz are inducted into the Hall of Fame
1986 Cubs fire ball girl Marla Collins for appearing in Playboy. She posed in a Cubs jersey and had a tattoo of Harry Caray on her thigh.
1980 Braves Bob Horner hits his 15th HR in the last 23 games
1979 Johnny Bench ties NL record by getting 5 walks
1973 Atlanta commits 7 errors and lose to Philadelphia 5-1
1969 1st time All-Star game is postponed due to rain
1963 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in the 1st round for heavyweight title
1962 Floyd Robinson of White Sox goes 6 for 6 – all singles
1925 The NYY acquire Leo Durocher
1923 Walter Johnson gets his 3,000th strikeout – ends with 3,508
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